For insurance IROs, reserve adequacy is elephant in the room
LOOMING behind the various predictions of a turn in commercial lines pricing at some point in 2011 or 2012 is an “elephant” many companies find hard to discuss – reserve adequacy.
Huge social network for US shareholders planned
BROADRIDGE Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BR), the giant investor communications and brokerage outsourcing firm, plans to connect every US company and every shareholder in a massive social network that could rival Facebook in terms of members. CEO Rich Daly said his company’s investor network will be unique in that it will validate members as real [...]
The SEC inquiry that made me shudder
I NEED to find the time one day to put down some thoughts about where capital markets disclosure is heading because it’s a major issue facing the investor relations profession. It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that regulators are going to be at the center of the disclosure dissemination universe. Regulators like the Securities and [...]
Associations put online IR in spotlight
THE North American investor relations associations appear to be putting web-based disclosure on the front burner as the Internet moves to center stage and securities regulators increasingly rely on corporate websites to deliver information to investors. Earlier this week, Jeff Morgan, the new President and CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), called to [...]
10 steps to a better IR website
WE ARE forced to take a break from posting here for the next little while. But rather than leave you cold turkey, we thought we’d offer up these 10 points to contemplate and debate while we’re gone from the blog. We’ll see you soon, though, so keep watching this space. 1. Walk in investors’ shoes [...]
SEC chairman’s clarion call to IR communicators
JUST over a week ago, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Christopher Cox gave an important speech that has so far gone unreported by the investor relations profession’s main associations and trade press. In his closing remarks to the Second Annual Corporate Governance Summit at the USC Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, the [...]
Nasdaq's IR services conflicts in the spotlight
By Dominic Jones SIX weeks ago, I said Nasdaq should be forced to sell its press release and website hosting subsidiaries because they create an unacceptable conflict of interest between the exchange’s business interests and its role as a regulator. You can see my original comments in Nasdaq should get out of press release, website [...]
Survey: good service makes investors loyal
By IR Web Report Staff Even when they are not specifically designed to answer IR questions, surveys of investors provide useful insight for investor relations communicators. Take the the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study released yesterday. It analyzes the key factors that make investors loyal and satisfied with full service brokerage [...]
Managing email inquiries from investors
THERE were a few surprises in a recent study we conducted of how top companies invite and deal with email questions sent to the investor relations department. Our objective was to test how responsive these blue-chip companies are to email inquiries directed via their IR websites. We also wanted to measure the quality of the [...]
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